MEDIA
Nuwan Galappathie, Birmingham psychiatrist, slammed
Daily Mail EXCLUSIVE - Psychiatrist is slammed by immigration tribunal for saying that a man who appealed against his deportation to Cameroon after raping his own daughter does not display 'distorted sexual attitudes towards children' By Sarah Limbrick September 12, 2023 -- Excerpt An eminent consultant psychiatrist has been slammed by an immigration tribunal for concluding an African man who raped his own daughter does not display 'distorted sexual attitudes towards children'. The twisted father was appealing against deportation to Cameroon on human rights grounds after serving an 18-year sentence for the harrowing ordeal he subjected his little girl to [...]
Analía Beatriz Rodríguez, Argentina Psychiatrist – Horror – Dogs
Analía Beatriz Rodríguez Google translation Nuevo Diario Horror in Temperley: they rescued more than 15 dogs that were mistreated by a psychiatrist Justice is investigating the case to determine the death of the animals and the accusation that falls to Analía Beatriz Rodríguez, the woman designated as an abuser. August 29, 2023 -- Excerpt Social networks were essential for the rescue of more than 15 dogs that lived "in the house of terror" in Temperley. The animals belonged to a psychiatrist who kept them in deplorable conditions. The dramatic rescue occurred in a house located at Carabelas 100, in the [...]
Andrew McFarland, Illinois Psychiatrist, used torturous treatment
Andrew McFarland Capitol News Illinois 160 years later, activist Elizabeth Packard honored in place of abusive psychiatrist she exposed By Jerry Nowicki and Molly Parker August 9, 2023 Elizabeth Packard In June 1860, Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard was committed to the Illinois Hospital and Asylum for the Insane in Jacksonville by her husband, a Calvinist minister, for, in part, publicly disagreeing with his positions on religion, women’s rights and slavery. She remained there for more than three years under the care of a psychiatrist who used torturous treatment methods likened to waterboarding, and who collaborated in the imprisonment [...]
Pieter van der Westhuizen, Swakopmund psychiatrist, arrested
Pieter van der Westhuizen Windhoek Observer Notorious Swakopmund psychiatrist behind bars again August 4, 2023 Niël TerbLanché -- Excerpt Pieter van der Westhuizen, 67, a Swakopmund-based psychiatrist was arrested at the start of this week on Gender-Based Violence charges after he viciously attacked his wife in the Ocean View home on Sunday... Van der Westhuizen appeared in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s Court earlier this week on charges related to Gender-Based Violence as read with the Domestic Violence Act. He was arrested on Sunday after he allegedly assaulted his 52-year-old wife during an argument at their home in [...]
Saskatoon psychiatrist has been accused
Star Phoenix Saskatoon psychiatrist accused of defrauding government agency July 28, 2023 -- Excerpt A Saskatoon psychiatrist has been accused of defrauding a government agency of more than $90,000 through fraudulent billing. A criminal investigation started after police were notified in February 2022 by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan “of suspected fraudulent activity relating to the medical billings of a Saskatoon psychiatrist,” police said on Friday in a news release. Members of the economic crime section have concluded their investigation and “found that a government agency had been defrauded of more than [...]
Hemant Sharma, Queensland psychiatrist, used drugs with patient
Hemant Sharma The Courier Mail 'Infatuated' psychiatrist's costly romance July 26, 2023 By Vanessa Marsh -- Excerpt A Queensland psychiatrist who became "infatuated" with a female patient half his age splashed $1.5m to impress her, buying her a house, a car, a trip to Europe and investing in her cafe. Hemant Kumar Sharma engaged in an "appalling breach of professional obligations" when he entered into a sexual relationship with his patient whom he treated for five weeks from December 2016. The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal has made orders suspending Sharma from practising as a psychiatrist for three years, finding [...]
Simon Bainbridge, Auckland psychiatrist, struck off
nzherald.co.nz Auckland psychiatrist Simon Bainbridge struck off for intimate relationship with vulnerable patient By Raphael Franks July 23, 2023 -- Excerpt An Auckland psychiatrist who had a sexual relationship with a vulnerable patient over six years has been struck off, censured and ordered to pay tens of thousands of dollars in costs. The Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal cancelled Simon Bainbridge’s doctor’s registration as his “conduct was of such a serious nature”. Bainbridge’s patient, who has name suppression and is only referred to as Ms E, suffered from depression along with verbal and mobility difficulties, needing a walking frame. She was [...]
Óscar Francisco Coronado Molina, Peru Psychiatrist
Óscar Francisco Coronado Molina Google Translation: El Comercio Callao: psychiatrist accused of abusing minors continues to work at Hospital San José and his salary is raised By Mathías Panizo Arana July 7, 2023 -- Excerpt ... Through the corridors of the San José Hospital (HSJ) in Callao walks Óscar Francisco Coronado Molina, a psychiatrist who has multiple complaints of sexual harassment and abuse against him. As much as the dramatic experiences of his victims, including minors, broke out in the press in 2018, Coronado Molina continues with the freedom to exercise and maintains a position in the Chalaco hospital. Prior [...]
Andre Jedrzejczyk, Maghull Psychiatrist, tried to kill “friend”
Andre Jedrzejczyk Liverpool Echo Man said friend would be 'better off dead' and tried to kill her Andre Jedrzejczyk told police his friend's life was ruined and "she would be better off dead" By Wesley Holmes June 29, 2023 -- Excerpt A former psychiatrist tried to kill his friend by viciously beating her about the head after becoming convinced she would be "better off dead". Andre Jedrzejczyk, 60, believed he was committing "an act of mercy" when he attacked his 75-year-old female friend with a glass and a concrete ornament, leaving her badly injured in a pool of blood. [...]
Eskender Getachew, Galena psychiatrist, convicted
Eskender Getachew Press Release Doctor Convicted of Illegally Distributing Opioids and Other Drugs Friday, June 23, 2023 For Immediate Release Office of Public Affairs A federal jury in Columbus convicted an Ohio doctor yesterday for illegally prescribing buprenorphine and other controlled substances in violation of the Controlled Substances Act. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Eskender Getachew, 58, of Galena, unlawfully prescribed opioids and benzodiazepines to his patients. This included prescribing Subutex, which has a high risk of abuse and diversion, to patients for whom the drug is not indicated. The number of pills Getachew prescribed depended [...]